Tag: Biomarker

• NPAS4 genetic biomarker for depression symptoms identified in an animal study

  Scientists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) have identified a stress-regulated gene that is responsible for the link between long-term stress and anhedonia, or the loss of interest in previously pleasurable activities, in an animal study using mice. Research has shown that a transcription factor called NPAS4 in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC)…

  Sreeram Penna

  April 10, 2023